Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea, Birds Korea) Two days with sunshine, but an icy wind in Goseong, where Hwajinpo after some rather poor years saw this year again thousands of gulls roosting and feeding on the still open areas. Due … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Birds Korea) Cheolwon is certainly one of the biodiversity hotspots of the Korean Peninsula. Here, the number of cranes (mostly White-naped cranes and Red-crowned cranes) continually increased in the last two decades, partly due … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi (Birds Korea, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation) with Minjae Baek (EAAFP Communication Officer) A great re-union with Minjae Baek, now communication officer at the EAAFP, for a day-long survey of Han River Estuary, from Munsusan area to … read more
From November 14-17, 2024, the 2nd Asian Ornithological Conference in Beijing, probably the largest bird-related conference in Asia until now, took place at the Chinese National Convention Center with hundreds of ornithologists from Asia and all over the world attending. … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns-Seidel-Foundation/ Birds Korea) with Sophie Loettel Raising the awareness for birds and their habitats is a very important task to increase understanding for the protection of birds, and here in Korea particularly their habitats, which are often … read more
Protecting migratory birds is a cross-border, multinational effort of ornithologists, activists and diplomats. It is also a challenge for science: our knowledge of bird migration still has many gaps, though scientists all around the globe, and also around the East … read more
Happy to use part of the holiday for a short visit of Siam wetland and Hangang Estuary after a long long summer hiatus. Too many bicyclists in the more Southern part – the “pyongwha-nuri-gil”, a bicycle lane along the border … read more
Shortly before the start of the UN-ESCAP workshop on biodiversity (on which a separate report will follow), a short visit to the Gochan tidal flat. Time was not really good, arriving almost at low tide. Anyway, a number of waders, … read more
July and early August are the most tedious times for bird watching in Korea, when birds are mostly hidden in forests or rice paddies, not very vocal and active, the heat is scorching and the humidity overwhelming. All this was … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi (Birds Korea, Hanns Seidel Foundation), Minjae Baek and Anneke Werthen (Hanns Seidel Foundation) Our latest trip to the rice fields along the Han River estuary (Musunsanseong to Yudo islet; rice fields West of Aegibong, … read more